Vinegar Roll Food

VINEGAR ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425
• Roll dough into a 12 inch square
• Spread with butter
• Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon
• Beginning with one side, tightly roll up the dough and place in a baking dish, seam side down
• Combine water and 2/3 cup sugar in a saucepan and stir over medium heat until the sugar dissolves
• Add the vinegar, and check the taste, your looking for a pleasant balance of sweet and sour, adjust as needed
• Pour the liquid into the pan with the dough
• Bake for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350 and bake for another 50 minutes, occasionally brushing the top of the pastry with the liquid.
• Cool a bit before serving

VINEGAR ROLL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Lightly grease baking dish or cookie sheet.
• FOR PASTRY: Combine flour and salt in bowl.
• Cut in shortening until mixture particles are size of small peas.
• Add water as needed.
• Roll dough thin on floured surface.
• Cut out saucer size rounds.
• FOR FILLING: Place pieces of cut up butter on each round, approx a teaspoon.
• Sprinkle with about 1 1/2 Tablespoons sugar.
• Fold over each circle and crimp edges with a fork ala turnovers.
• Place turnovers in prepared pan.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until nicely brown and crunchy.
• FOR SYRUP: In a sauce pan mix sugar, water and vinegar.
• Cook on low heat until sugar dissolves then on medium about 20 minute.
• TO SERVE: Place one turnover in a dessert bowl.
• Break open the turnover and ladle the syrup over it.

MOM'S AIR BUNS (ROLLS)

Steps:

• Mix the 1/2 cup warm water, yeast, and 1 tsp sugar, and allow to proof.
• Melt the lard, and mix in sugar, salt, vinegar, and warm water. When body warm, add the proofed yeast, and beat in 1 1/2 cups flour. Let rest for 15 minutes.
• Knead in approximately 3 cups more flour.
• Let dough rise till double (approximately 2 hours).
• Deflate dough, and form into buns, any size, (I make 16 large) or loaves. Rise till double (takes approximately one hour, but depends on size/shape chosen).
• Bake buns at 350°F for approximately 20 minutes.
• For ABM, in my machine, on the "dough" cycle, I use 2 teaspoons of bread machine yeast, and I reduce the water to about 1 1/2 cups, the flour to 4 cups, adding a tad more water or flour as it kneads to get a smooth,soft ball of dough. I leave the other ingredients as posted.

VINEGAR ROLLS (CINNAMON ROLLS)

Steps:

• 1. Mix first five ingredients as you would for biscuit dough. Roll out in to a 10x5 inch thin rectangle on a well floured board. Spread butter over the dough. Sprinkle sugar evenly over butter. Sprinkle cinnamon over sugar. Roll up into a log, from the log side. Cut into 1 inch slices. Place cut side down in baking dish.
• 2. Syrup: Mix the 3 syrup ingredients in saucepan and boil for 5 minutes. Pour hot syrup over rolls and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until golden brown on top.

CALIFORNIA ROLL

Steps:

• Wrap a sushi rolling mat completely in plastic wrap and set aside.
• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer rice to a bowl and cut in rice vinegar using a rice paddle or wooden spoon. Season with 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste. Allow to cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• Combine crab meat with mayonnaise in a small bowl.
• Place a sheet of nori on a flat work surface. Spread a thin layer of rice on top of the nori. Place the nori, rice side down, on the prepared rolling mat. Place 2 to 3 avocado slices on top of the nori in one layer. Top with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the crab mixture. Spoon 1 to 2 teaspoons tobiko lengthwise on one side of the avocado-crab mixture, and 2 cucumber strips on the other side. Using the mat as a guide, carefully roll the California roll into a tight log. Remove the rolling mat. Top roll with more tobiko, cover with plastic wrap, and gently press the tobiko into the top of the roll. Remove the plastic and cut roll into 6 even pieces using a wet knife. Repeat with remaining sheets of nori and filling. Serve garnished with pickled ginger, soy sauce, and wasabi paste

CALIFORNIA ROLL

Steps:

• Squeeze the lemon juice over the avocado to prevent browning.
• Cover a bamboo rolling mat with plastic wrap. Cut nori sheets in half crosswise. Lay 1 sheet of nori, shiny side down, on the plastic covered mat. Wet your fingers with water and spread about 1/2 cup of the rice evenly onto the nori. Sprinkle the rice with sesame seeds. Turn the sheet of nori over so that the rice side is down. Place 1/8 of the cucumber, avocado and crab sticks in the center of the sheet. Grab the edge of the mat closest to you, keeping the fillings in place with your fingers, and roll it into a tight cylinder, using the mat to shape the cylinder. Pull away the mat and set aside. Cover with a damp cloth. Repeat until all of the rice has been used. Cut each roll into 6 pieces. Serve with pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce.
• Place the rice into a mixing bowl and cover with cool water. Swirl the rice in the water, pour off and repeat 2 to 3 times or until the water is clear.
• Place the rice and 2 cups of water into a medium saucepan and place over high heat. Bring to a boil, uncovered. Once it begins to boil, reduce the heat to the lowest setting and cover. Cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Combine the rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a small bowl and heat in the microwave on high for 30 to 45 seconds. Transfer the rice into a large wooden or glass mixing bowl and add the vinegar mixture. Fold thoroughly to combine and coat each grain of rice with the mixture. Allow to cool to room temperature before using to make sushi or sashimi.
• Yield: 4 cups

THAI DIPPING SAUCE FOR SPRING ROLLS (NAM JIM PO PIAH)

Steps:

• Combine sugar, water, vinegar, salt, garlic, and chile in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.